Can someone please explain why I dry a rectangle with a stroke and fill color, it stays a "rectangle" as a label in Layers but when I create a Star Shape and use a stroke and fill, it is labeled as "Path"? Why is that? What does is mean? Does it have different functions than a shape? thanks!
Live Shapes are specific objects with specific attributes that can dynamically be modified in the Transform palette. Rectangles, circles, polygons, lines.
A star drawn with the Star tool is currently no live shape and you cannot convert it to a live shape. You can however convert some non-live polygons to live shapes, but obviously that is not what you are looking for at the moment. Real stars won't work.
In other words: If you are looking for a way that allows you to get a "live star", you may have a look at the Zig Zag effect that is located in the Effect menu. Draw a circle, make Zig Zag and modify it using the Appearance palette.
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